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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 16.26
বৃন্দাবনদাস ইহা করিয়াছেন বিস্তার ।
স্ফুট নাহি করে দোষ–গুণের বিচার ॥ ২৬ ॥
vṛndāvana-dāsa ihā kariyāchena vistāra
sphuṭa nāhi kare doṣa-guṇera vicāra
Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura has previously elaborately described this. That which is clear need not be scrutinized for good qualities and faults.
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Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura had already described this elaborately.
The author acknowledges that previous description rather than presenting the subject as undescribed.
That which is clear need not be scrutinized for good qualities and faults.
Grief and transformed pride. Lakṣmīdevī’s departure brings sorrow; Keśava Kāśmīrī’s pride yields to surrender.
The mood of Ādi 16 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
During His kaiśora-līlā the Lord also sported in the water. He went to East Bengal to secure financial assistance, cultivate knowledge and introduce the saṅkīrtana movement, and there He met Tapana Miśra, whom He instructed about spiritual advancement and ordered to go to Vārāṇasī.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 16
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana
The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “vṛndāvana”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
When something has been clearly explained, do you keep searching for qualities and faults?
Reread one clear passage today and note its teaching without making a list of its merits and faults.
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